Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
SCAR Gazetteer Information: Each place can have one or more entries in the SCAR Composite Gazetteer, dependant on its origin. By viewing an individual entry, you may see multiple references to the same place. SCAR uses a more general feature type coding, so each place will, in general, have multiple feature types.
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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Pinel Point (GBR) | 64° 22' 00.0" S | 62° 11' 00.0" W | Point |
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Name ID: 110631
Place ID: 11283
SW entrance point of Freud Passage, Brabant Island, was photographed from the air by FIDASE, 1956-57; in association with the names of pioneers of medicine grouped in this area, named after Philippe Pinel (1745-1826), French physician who held advanced views on investigation of disease and who, in 1796, first succeeded in abolishing severe physical restraints on mental cases (APC, 1960, p.6; BA chart 3560, 7.iv.1961). |
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| Pinel Point (USA) | 64° 21' 00.0" S | 62° 12' 00.0" W | Point |
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Name ID: 130149
Place ID: 11283
Point lying 5 mi NE of D'Ursel Point on the E side of Brabant Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. First roughly charted by the BelgAE, 1897-99, under Gerlache. Photographed by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd. in 1956-57, and mapped from these photos in 1959. Named by the UK-APC for Philippe Pinel (1745-1826), French physician who held advanced views on investigation of disease and first succeeded in abolishing severe physical restraints on mental cases, in 1796. |
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| Pinel, punta (ARG) | 64° 22' 00.0" S | 62° 11' 00.0" W | Point |
| Name ID: 101859 Place ID: 11283 | |||
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